Photos: Comic-Con’s Myriad Moments of Geekery

Comic-Con attendees and those in San Diego to entertain them fill the streets in all kinds of costumes and configurations.

Many Comic-Con attendees are easy to spot because of the commemorative bags distributed at the beginning of the convention.

Fans line up to take pictures with the DeLorean used to film Back to the Future.

The convention hall floor is full of nerdy fan T-shirts and memorabilia.

Comic-Con also attracts lots of anime fans.

A costumed performer promotes a line of Transformers toys.

Many fans dress as zombies for this year's Comic-Con. Here Jhericko Felix, 17, Leslie Ramos, 17, and Jodie Ramos, 21, rest in the hall as they prepare for a zombie walk through the San Diego Convention Center. "We dress like zombies because we love them," Felix said.

Many Comic-Con attendees come dressed as their favorite superheroes.

Andrew Murray, 29, of San Diego has been coming to Comic-Con as Bender from Futurama for five years. "I was Bender last year at the protest [against] Westboro [Baptist Church]," he said.

Megan Missanelli, a 27-year-old med student from Mobile, Alabama, meets one of her idols, Leonard Maltin, on the convention floor. "I used to want to be a film critic and he epitomizes that," she said.

The eleventh Doctor Who Doctor, Matt Smith, meets with fans on the convention floor Saturday.

Fans in zombie make-up act out the rooftop scene from Season 1 of The Walking Dead at AMC's Comic-Con booth.

The motorcycle used for the upcoming Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengenceis on display during the convention, and attendees at the film's presentation in Hall H got to see new clips of the movie.

Fans pose with a Spider-Man figure during Comic-Con. Spidey was on hand to promote the latest reboot of the franchise, The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield.

SAN DIEGO — For some nerds, this is homecoming. Each year, tens of thousands of geeks (and wannabe geeks) descend on Comic-Con International to enjoy the myriad pop-culture pleasures of the conference.

[eventbug id=”comic-con-2011″]They also get a chance to truly be themselves. Whether they’re into Star Wars or Spider-Man or The Walking Dead, there’s something for every geek’s taste — and a chance for them to show it off.

But sometimes having free reign to be oneself has its downside.

“We really just want to change out of our costumes so we can see the show without getting stopped for photos every two minutes,” said Jacqueline Gonzales, a 22-year-old from Norfolk, California, who came dressed as Harley Quinn.

To get a taste of all that Comic-Con has to offer, Wired.com hit the floor of the San Diego Convention Center to find out what people are wearing and what they’re geeking out over.